Improvement in combined drawer-full and label



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IMIPRGVEMBNT IN COMBINED DRAWERePULL AND LABEL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pan: of thelame.

To all whom 'it lma/y concern Be it known that I, JEREMIAH QUINLAN, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements'in a Combined Drawer-Pull and Label; and I dohereby-declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings of the same,which make part of this specication, and in which- Figure 1 representsan elevation of the front of my combined drawer-pull and label, thelabel being removed;

Figure 2 represents a similarview, the label being in its place;

Figure 3 represents an elevation of the rear side and Figure 4represents a vertical cross-section.

I am aware that a drawer-pull and label combined in one plate is notnew, and, therefore, do not claim broadly such an invention.

But my improvements consist in a drawer-pull and label having an openingto receive the label, supporting and enclosingit bythe `same ears bywhich the pull is secured to the drawer, a bead to sustain itvertically, and an arched boss, having aholding-lip, all cast ln onepiece, as will be'hereinafter described. Also in locating and arrangingthe holding-ears at the back of and within the opening for the label,for the threefold purpose of securing the pull in place, forming backand end supports for the label, and to aord facility for its removal andsubstitution by another and dii'erent label.

` In the accompanying drawings- The label-plate A and pull B are cast inone piece, of any desired form.

An opening, C, is made in the plate A, to receive p the label, and atthe base of lthe plate is the pull B, of semi-elliptical or arched form,to receive the lingers in pulling out the drawer.

The innen side of" thisv elliptical boss B is concave, and provided witha flan-ge or lip, a, at its lower inner edge, for the purpose of forminga hold for the fingers, and thus protecting the finger-nails from beingbroken off, which would most likely occur, if the drawer should bind.

From either end of the opening 0, ears, E, project l i toward eachother, so as to extend wthju said opening, and are fitted with holes, b,through which the screws pass, to secure the plate tothe drawer.

A suiiicient space is left between the inner face of these ears E andthe rear face of the Vplate A, to re'` ceive the label I); and the ears,therefore, while they serve as anges by which the plate is screwed inplace, also form the back supports for the label, thus dispensing with aclosed back for the label-opening. These ears also form the end orlateral supports for the label, and by their arrangement at the back of`the opening C, constitute a case for enclosing and supportingV thelabel,and allowing it to be removed whenever desired, and replaced byanother and different label.

The vertical support for thelabel is formed by the' beads F, ou theinner side ofthe plate, at the base of the opening. The label is slid infrom the top of the plate, and is encased between it and thesecuring'ears,

`and supported vertically by the beads F, so that it can be readilyremoved and changed.

The label may be made of glass, porcelain, or other suitable material,upon which the. name of the substance orarticle contained within thedrawer oncompartment, may be painted, printed, or cast.

The pull is attached to the drawer by scrcws which mustbe inserted intothe ears through the opening O, and before the label is placed therein;and the pull may be, easily removed by raising up and removing iarranged, and cast in one piece, substantially as before described.

J EREMIAH QUlNLAN.

Witnesses WM. GAGGER, A. SIDNEY Dom.

